NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Dragan Markisic & Anor v Middletons Lawyers & Ors [2005] NSWSC 258
HEARING DATE(S) : 25.10.04; 28.10.04; 22.11.04; 15.12.04; 16.03.05
JUDGMENT DATE : 1 April 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J
DECISION : para 48
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - absolute privilege - scope and policy of defence - whether statement prepared for purpose of judicial proceedings - whether defence of 'spousal immunity' available - whether claims of conspiracy and abuse of process groundless - whether reasonable causes of action disclosed in pleadings - whether proceedings should be dismissed under Pt 13, r 5(1)(a) and (b)
LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Pt 13, r 5(1)(a) and (b); Pt 16, r 1; Pt 67, r 12(1)(a) and (b)
D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid & Anor [2005] HCA 12 General Steel Industries v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Lincoln v Daniels [1962] 1 QB 237 Mann v O'Neill (1997) 191 CLR 204 Rajski v Carson & Ors (1986) 4 NSWLR 735 CASES CITED : Rajski v Carson & Ors [Unreported, NSWSC, 11 April 1986] Sims v Wran [1984] 1 NSWLR 317 Tanner v Miles [1912] QWN 7 Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd (1994-95) 182 CLR 104 Wennhak v Morgan (1888) 20 QBD 635
Dragan Markisic - first plaintiff Oliver Markisic - second plaintiff Middletons Lawyers - first defendant PARTIES : Stephen John Thompson- second defendant Jeremy Colville - third defendant Zlatko Blajer - fourth defendant
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